Deepdale Drive [2-10-12]

Just after one-thirty in the afternoon on February 10th, the Commack Fire Department was dispatched to a reported house fire with possible occupants trapped. The location of the incident was 42 Deepdale Drive, just off of Redleaf Lane. Upon arrival, first on scene units were met with a private dwelling whose second floor was fully involved. Engine 2-11-13 and Ladder 2-11-1 were the first units to arrive on scene. Immediately the engine company began placing lines into operation while other units pulled in. Commack Command requested that Brentwood respond to the scene as the Rapid Intervention Team [RIT]. Not long into operations, firefighters recovered one victim and had requested aviation to the scene, possibly as a result of burns. The aviation request was soon dismissed and the only air unit above the fire was that of News 12. Shortly after coming across the first victim, a second was found and transported via ambulance to Stony Brook University Medical Center's burn center. At least one firefighter was treated for an unknown type injury, and it is unknown if he was transported to a hospital. The midday fire also brought the Dix Hills and East Northport Fire Departments, the Suffolk County and Smithtown Fire Marshals, and Suffolk Police Arson Squad to the scene. Units on scene went on a signal four around three-thirty, two hours after the initial dispatch.